A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast. And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While like the eagle free Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee.
A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast. And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While like the eagle free Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee.
There are two kinds of weakness, that which breaks and that which bends.
Thus you believe, viewing the lives of other men,
As one who in God-like fashion bends over an anthill,
Seeing how their difficulties could be avoided.
I have an elbow that bends the wrong way, and I'd do things like stand in an elevator and the doors would close, and I'd pretend that my arm had got caught in it, and then I'd scream, 'Ow, ow, put it back!'
If my ship sails from sight, it doesn't mean my journey ends, it simply means the river bends.
The Radiohead record, The Bends is my all-time favorite record on the planet.
Adversity breaks the inferior man's will but only bends the superior man's spirit. Outward influence is denied the great man, who accordingly uses words sparingly but retains his central position.
At the beginning of this album I discovered the computer and had great fun playing with the thing. And I realized that, not being a good keyboard player, I could write things in very small sections, give them a certain feel and mess about with bends on the keyboard.
The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.
Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove.
Though the sex to which I belong is considered weak you will nevertheless find me a rock that bends to no wind.
If it bends, it's funny; if it breaks, it's not funny.
Love farther goes, nor stops his Course at these:
The Plants he moves, and gently bends the Trees.
The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice.
Where the road bends abruptly, take short steps.
© 2020 Inspirational Stories
© 2020 Inspirational Stories